SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today again delayed releasing a pack of eight wolves — badly needed to bolster the dwindling number of Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest — into the Arizona wild. The Engineer Springs pack would infuse new genetics into a wolf population suffering from inbreeding.

Maggie Howell, managing director of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY, tells her story of the plight of Mexican wolves: "If not for some heartless criminals, they could have survived and contributed to the recovery of their species."

Steve has penned seven letters to the editor over the last 3 years. He never misses an opportunity to speak up for our wolves. He is an inspiration for all of us! Pick up your pens (or start tapping on your keyboards) and let's keep wolf issues in our papers.

While all the organizations participating in mexicanwolves.org share the common goal of recovering the Mexican gray wolf, individual groups can, and sometimes do, differ in their approaches to specific issues.